MUMBAI, India, June 19 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647066350 A) filed by Nokia Technologies Oy on May 26, 2026, for Announcing Area For Proximity Services.

Inventors include Su, Lei; Buthler, Jakob Lindbjerg; and Hietalahti, Hannu Petri.

The application for the patent was published on June 05, 2026, under issue no. 23/2026.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to announcing area for proximity services. In an aspect, a first communication device receives sensing information for a sensing device. The first communication device transmits, to a core network function of the communication network, a request for an announcing area for announcing a proximity based services (ProSe) messa...